Name: Afters
Brand: The Helicopter of the Holy Ghost

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

KSCOPE699

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-08-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0802644869926

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

KSCOPE1120

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brown

Recycled Vinyl.

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With Art Print and Housed in Recycled Sleeve.

0802644812014

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / brown

Artist

The Helicopter of the Holy Ghost 

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Kscope

The debut album from the Helicopter of Holy Ghosts. 

Mark Morriss ( The Bluetones ) Billy Reeves ( theaudience ) Crayola Lectern ( Lost Horizons / Departure Lounge ) Mark Peters ( Engineers ) Co-produced by Richard Archer of Hard-Fi Feat. Simon Raymonde ( The Cocteau Twins ) and Thomas Anderson ( Gazpacho )

In 2001 Billy Reeves, fresh from introducing the world to Sophie Ellis-Bextor (via their band theaudience) was smashed to bits by joyriders whilst in his Morris Minor - resulting in a two-week coma and a year in and out of hospital. In 2017 his brother gave him two mini-discs that had been saved from the wreckage, including demos of songs he had forgotten - due to crash-related amnesia. 

Mark Morriss of chart-topping Hounslow janglers The Bluetones agreed to sing them, so with the assistance of Richard Archer (Hard-Fi), along with Crayola Lectern (Zofff / Departure Lounge), and Mark Peters (Engineers), these songs would form the debut long player from The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost. 

The original concept for the material was probably while Billy was signed to Sony, which pointed toward a more commercial sound, however Crayola Lectern's involvement on piano help send the recordings into a more 'Canterbury' direction, taking influence from Caravan, Robert Wyatt and the like. 

Featuring a groovy guest line-up including Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, Dale Davis from Amy Winehouse's band, Andy Lewis from Paul Weller's group, Smiley from Joe Strummer's Mescalaros and Thomas Anderson of fellow Kscope signees Gazpacho, the wide-ranging influence herein is evident throughout a very sweet, gentle, calming album of originality and versatility. 